Summary
Luke Patterson is a staff software engineer with nearly 25 years of experience across startups, agencies, and enterprise platforms. He is currently building platform-scale solutions at Aledade, tackling organization-wide engineering challenges on the Platform team. At Extend, he created and led organization-wide engineering education and developer experience initiatives that increased adoption and productivity, advancing into senior architectural and learning roles. Earlier in his career, he ran his own development shop, StateSeven Design, before joining KISS Wedding Books as Director of Technology to architect core systems like the photo album designer and e-commerce platform. Based in Sandpoint, Idaho, Luke combines hands-on engineering depth with leadership, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration. His career demonstrates a rare blend of entrepreneurial drive and technical rigor, turning complex requirements into reliable, scalable software across diverse environments.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer